jagdriver727
Site Donor 2021
Or why I'm shopping for tire equipment.
My shop is in a town of about 1500 people. There is a tire shop (more of a service station) at the corner, has been here since long before I was born. I knew the orignal owner well before he retired. Since we didn't have enough people to support two tire shops, I never invested in tire machines or a balancer. I handle big jobs and they often send me work; they get most of the tire and oil change business.
A while back I had a mishap in the yard, punched a hole in the sidewall of a Hankook on the rear of my Ranger. Had about 6/32" left on it with 60k miles. I took my rear wheels and the spare, threw them in the back of the Dodge and carried them up to the corner. Bought two Kumho Solus TA11s and had the remaining Hankook mounted on the spare. Bill was about $270. Steep, but whatever, it's worth $40 not to drive all the way to Discount Tire in Ocala.
I go home and put the tires on the truck. Take a trip the next morning and one of them is badly out of balance. I return to the service station and ask them to rebalance the rear tires and look them over as one is way off. They balance them and put them back on the truck; I did not watch as I was inside talking crap with a friend who happened to be there. I didn't check the torque as I trusted that they in fact had brains.
Went to rotate the tires today; fronts come off with no problem; I always torque to spec (100 ft-lbs) in sequence. For the LR I had to bump the impact gun up to high. RR three studs snap off. I'll post pics of the carnage once I'm done replacing the studs.
My shop is in a town of about 1500 people. There is a tire shop (more of a service station) at the corner, has been here since long before I was born. I knew the orignal owner well before he retired. Since we didn't have enough people to support two tire shops, I never invested in tire machines or a balancer. I handle big jobs and they often send me work; they get most of the tire and oil change business.
A while back I had a mishap in the yard, punched a hole in the sidewall of a Hankook on the rear of my Ranger. Had about 6/32" left on it with 60k miles. I took my rear wheels and the spare, threw them in the back of the Dodge and carried them up to the corner. Bought two Kumho Solus TA11s and had the remaining Hankook mounted on the spare. Bill was about $270. Steep, but whatever, it's worth $40 not to drive all the way to Discount Tire in Ocala.
I go home and put the tires on the truck. Take a trip the next morning and one of them is badly out of balance. I return to the service station and ask them to rebalance the rear tires and look them over as one is way off. They balance them and put them back on the truck; I did not watch as I was inside talking crap with a friend who happened to be there. I didn't check the torque as I trusted that they in fact had brains.
Went to rotate the tires today; fronts come off with no problem; I always torque to spec (100 ft-lbs) in sequence. For the LR I had to bump the impact gun up to high. RR three studs snap off. I'll post pics of the carnage once I'm done replacing the studs.